Karnataka High Court
WP/23203/2026 of SRI. DHANANJAYA Vs THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, on 28 August 2026
CNR: KAHC010496002026 NC: 2026:KHC:46478-DB WP No. 23203 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA WRIT PETITION NO. 23203 OF 2026 (GM-MM-S)
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA
WRIT PETITION NO. 23203 OF 2026 (GM-MM-S)
BETWEEN:
1.
SRI DHANANJAYA
S/O DODDARANAPPA
AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS
R/AT BALLAPURA VILLAGE
BUKKAPATANA HOBLI
SIRA TALUK, SIRA
TUMAKURU DISTRICT - 572 115
…PETITIONER
(BY SRI SIDDARAMAIAH V.B., ADVOCATE)
AND:
1.
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
M. S. BUILDING, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI
BENGALURU - 560 001
REPRESENTED BY ITS
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
2.
THE TAHASILDAR
SIRA TALUK
JYOTHI NAGAR, SIRA
TUMAKURU DISTRICT - 572 135
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI K.S. HARISH, GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE)
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signed by
AMBIKA H B
Location:
High Court
of Karnataka
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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE
CONSTITUTION
OF
INDIA
PRAYING
TO
ISSUE
WRIT
OF
MANDAMUS
DIRECTING
THE
2ND
RESPONDENT
-
THE
TAHSILDAR, SIRA TALUK, JYOTHI NAGAR, SIRA, TUMAKURU
DISTRICT, TO CONSIDER AND DISPOSE THE APPLICATION FILED
BY THE MOTHER OF THE PETITIONER FOR REGULARIZATION OF
UNAUTHORISED
OCCUPATION
(BAGAR-HUKUM
GRANT),
BY
CONSIDERING THE APPLICATION FILED BY MOTHER OF THE
PETITIONER, AS PER THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (RECEIPT)
DATED 04/07/1991, BEARING NO.5993, VIDE ANNEXURE-B & ETC.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE
and
HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA
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ORAL ORDER
(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE)
1. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, impugning the notices dated 29.06.2026 and 09.07.2026 calling upon the petitioner to pay a sum of `20,16,000/- for illegally transporting 5,760 metric tons of soil from the land comprised in Survey No.142 of Balapura Village, Sira Taluk, Tumakuru District. The notices indicate that the said demand is proposed under
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Schedule II and Schedule I-C of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1994.
2. The learned Government Advocate who appears on advance notice, submits that although the language of the impugned notices are couched as a demand, they are essentially notices calling upon the petitioner to explain as to why the amounts specified therein should not be imposed.
3. It is the petitioner's case that he has not transported any soil illegally and that the earth work undertaken by him was merely levelling the land for agricultural purposes.
4. In view of the above, we consider it apposite to direct that the impugned notices be considered as show-cause notices and the concerned authority shall consider the averments made in the present petition as the petitioner's response to the said notices . The concerned authorities shall thereafter pass an appropriate order after affording the petitioner an opportunity of hearing.
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5. The petition is disposed of in the above terms.
Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE
Sd/- (K.S. HEMALEKHA) JUDGE
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